Monthly Archives: January 2007

WordPress 2.1 get_links() Bug?

By | January 31, 2007

I just upgraded to WordPress 2.1 (improvements to the editor on the “Write Post” page alone are worth the time spent on the upgrade) and have run into an issue with get_links(). The first argument to get_links is the category id. If you don’t specify an argument or pass in -1, all links are returned.… Read More »

Attorney General Gonzales, Still Clueless

By | January 24, 2007

It embarrasses me to know that US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales not only attended my alma mater, Rice University, but was actually granted a degree. Throughout his reign of cluelessness in the Attorney General’s office, he has made many statements that have left me cringing and wondering how he can say these things with a… Read More »

Universal Service Fund

By | January 20, 2007

My brother was recently quoted in several newspaper articles, including one in the Austin American-Statesman, discussing the controversial Texas Universal Service Fund. The fund pays large telecom companies hundreds of millions of dollars per year to provide local phone service to rural customers. The justification for the fund is that the cost to provide phone… Read More »

WSJ Speech Reco Article

By | January 10, 2007

Today WSJ Online had a half decent article on speech recognition. The writer provided reasonable coverage of the field, without being too negative. Microsoft continues to help out the whole field by drawing more attention to speech recognition. While Microsoft hasn’t invested quite as much into promoting speech recognition as I had hoped after the… Read More »